Author: Alex Boby
Date: 15:16:32 07/04/99
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On July 04, 1999 at 14:38:13, Pete Galati wrote: >On July 04, 1999 at 11:31:11, Zachariah Amela wrote: > >>I am considering installing a Unix variant on one of my PC's and had a few >>questions for all. >> >>1.) What Unix system would you recommend for an x86 machine? Linux, Unixware, >>SunOS, GNU, FreeBSD, etc.? Keep in mind cost and ease of use considerations. >> >>2.) What chess applications exist for the above mentioned systems and what ones >>would you recommend? Are there strong Unix-based chess programs available? >>What is this "Dark Thought" system I hear about? >> >>3.) Multi-processor systems! What can you tell me about this incredible >>concept? How does it work? How might I take advantage of it? What OS's >>support it? In this realm I am quite the beginner, so anything information >>would be most gratefully accepted. >> >>Thank you! > >Many people here will know more about this than I do, but I think that if cost >is a consideration then getting a distribution of Linux has to be the way to go, >the distributions cost very little (30-40 $ ?) > >For an interface you probably want to get Tim Mann's Xboard that can be found >at: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html > >And this place has a few Linux/Xboard programs for download: >http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/ > >And allways consider getting a download of Robert Hyatt's Crafty program at: >ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/ I think maybe you'd have to compile Crafty >yourself (can someone tell me?) for Linux > >Pete No, Bob distributes a linux executable on his site. Alex Boby
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